steph1000 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Posted December 30, 2008 are you faster following trying to catch someone or being up front???.....follow or leader??? Quote
Cobie Fair Posted December 30, 2008 Report Posted December 30, 2008 are you faster following trying to catch someone or being up front???.....follow or leader??? I spend a fair amount of time behind guys and watching them, but in the end, a little better on my own. Quote
Bpez Posted December 30, 2008 Report Posted December 30, 2008 are you faster following trying to catch someone or being up front???.....follow or leader??? I'm faster in the lead. I tend to fixate on the guy in front of me and make mistakes. Quote
acebobby Posted December 31, 2008 Report Posted December 31, 2008 are you faster following trying to catch someone or being up front???.....follow or leader??? I prefer not to follow someone as I always tend to turn in sooner than I would like for some reason but if I'm following a rider that I trust their capabilities and I know what they are doing is correct like a CSS instructor for example, then I like to follow! Quote
stuman Posted December 31, 2008 Report Posted December 31, 2008 Anyone in front of me is just in my way. Quote
hubbard_28 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Posted December 31, 2008 Either on my own or following. I like getting out and being able to take my lines without worrying what anyone in front of me is doing. They usually brake where they should drive through, or something like that. I can SOMETIMES find someone who is about my speed or just a little slower who takes similar lines, and I like to get behind them and just cruise. A lot of times if someone is faster than me, they're FASTER than me, and I can't even try to keep up past a couple of corners. Quote
chopperbill Posted January 1, 2009 Report Posted January 1, 2009 are you faster following trying to catch someone or being up front???.....follow or leader??? I like being in front. If there is a rider in front it distracts me from where I like to brake, turn, drive, etc. In the long sweepers all I'm thinking about is whether I'm going to pass him on the outsdie or wait 'till he drifts out and take an inside line to pass. If a faster rider passes me, all I think about is trying to keep up, instead of thinking about my riding, and that doesn't help me get faster. The only time I don't mind being in back is when a friend who I know is faster wants to show me some better lines through some turns, so we purposely go out to pratice those lines. Quote
fire337 Posted January 1, 2009 Report Posted January 1, 2009 Unless I am following the person in front of me for a reason I prefer to be out front. It messes with my riding less. Quote
Kevin Kane Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I like to chase, especially if the rider in front is faster than I am...I push to close the gap and let my "training" work without thinking about it; but I am in the minority in this thinking so far... Kevin Quote
Derek Sauder Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Im w/ you Kevin. I like to chase. Its funny how sometimes when you are chasing someone, you are faster in sections than when riding by yourself. Even if the person is a few hundred feet in front of you. I was talkin to a friend I was riding w/ at VIR, and I told him how I had in some sections when I was following. He then told me that when he was following me he had me in those same sections. My bike has a pretty good magnet in it! haha Quote
steph1000 Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Posted January 2, 2009 i started this poll i should at least answer my own question..lol...i am faster when i try to follow someone a bit faster than me..gives me a target to shoot for and a goal... Quote
Kevin Kane Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 i started this poll i should at least answer my own question..lol...i am faster when i try to follow someone a bit faster than me..gives me a target to shoot for and a goal... So far it is 7 for the lead and 3 to chase.... Quote
ukilme Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I tend to be faster when I following ie: coach or some I know. Saying that, I was told I was not as slow as I thought when I am leading. A friend had a hard time to pass because I tend to get out of a corner fast. Quote
steph1000 Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Posted January 2, 2009 i started this poll i should at least answer my own question..lol...i am faster when i try to follow someone a bit faster than me..gives me a target to shoot for and a goal... So far it is 7 for the lead and 3 to chase.... i guess we will never win a race if we are faster only when someone is faster than us....lmao Quote
briang467 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 For my fastest lap times, I want a rider who is a second or two per lap faster in front of me. If not, I'll go it alone so I can focus on what I'm doing. I do find that if I'm following someone with good technique who is a little faster, this helps me look at other options for that turn (brake points, entry speed, angle of attack, turn point, etc.). I know through trial and error I can solve these things on my own, but it speeds my learning to see other successful solutions to a corner. Of course, this is quite picky. If the person is too much faster than me (stuman) it doesn't do any good, since I'm only going to be able to observe for a couple corners before he's gone. So by myself or with someone just a little faster is when I'm at my best. Quote
fossilfuel Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 i started this poll i should at least answer my own question..lol...i am faster when i try to follow someone a bit faster than me..gives me a target to shoot for and a goal... Sometime you don't have a choice? But for me I like to take the opportunity to see where one is braking, turning in, lines and where I am slower. I think to get faster, following sometimes helps build confidence. I have been in my track organizatiions advanced class for two track days now and the opportunity to be in front is short lived. It is just incredible how fast some of these guys are. Quote
Kevin Kane Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I have been in my track organizatiions advanced class for two track days now and the opportunity to be in front is short lived. It is just incredible how fast some of these guys are. Which Club? Kevin Quote
fossilfuel Posted January 5, 2009 Report Posted January 5, 2009 I have been in my track organizatiions advanced class for two track days now and the opportunity to be in front is short lived. It is just incredible how fast some of these guys are. Which Club? Kevin Kevin, I belong to NESBA....Southeast Region Quote
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